Afghan opposition
forms body to set up leadership council Sun 28 Feb 99 - 17:26 GMT
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28 (AFP) - Afghan opposition on Sunday formed a commission
to establish a multi-party leadership council and a parliament in northern
Afghanistan, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported.
FOCUS-U.N. Afghan
envoy urges peace with Taleban 11:46 a.m. Feb 28, 1999 Eastern
By Sayed Salahuddin
KABUL, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The United Nations Afghan envoy on Sunday
proposed fresh talks between the ruling Taleban militia and its foes to
end fighting in the war-torn country.
FOCUS-Taleban, U.N.
review peace talk, bin Laden 09:36 a.m. Feb 28, 1999 Eastern
By Sayed Salahuddin
KABUL, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The U.N.'s Afghan envoy on Sunday proposed
fresh talks between the ruling Taleban militia and its foes to end fighting
which has wrecked the country.
UN envoy in Afghanistan
for civil war talks The United Nations special
envoy to Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, has arrived in the Afghan capital,
Kabul, for a one-day visit - his first to the country since last October.
U.N. Afghan envoy
in Kabul for Taleban talks 03:19 a.m. Feb 28, 1999 Eastern
By Sayed Salahuddin
KABUL, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The United Nations' special envoy for Afghanistan
arrived in Kabul on Sunday for talks with the Taleban on efforts to find
a peaceful solution to years of war.
Taliban Say U.S.
Rights Report Unfair, Unjustified 04:28 a.m. Feb 28, 1999 Eastern
By Sayed Salahuddin
KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A senior Taliban official said Sunday
that U.S. criticism of the militia's human rights record was unjustifiable
and anti-Islam, and he defended the use of public executions and amputations
to enforce law and order.
Russian military,
polity bear scars of Afghan fiasco The News: Jang (Opinion)
Alexei Vassiliev Ten years ago the last Soviet soldier crossed the Amu Darya into
Uzbekistan to end Moscow's ill-fated decision to prop up a socialist regime
in Kabul. The soldier in question was the commander of the 40th Army, Gen.
Boris PRESS
RELEASE From Fox Research 28 February 1999 In an a well co-ordinated operation in the province of Samangan,
troops loyal to the Northern Alliance were successful in recapturing the
strategic town of Exports to Afghanistan Dawn (Editorial)
REVERSING the earlier decision embodied in the Trade Policy for the
current fiscal year, the government has allowed free export of Pakistani
goods to Afghanistan against payment in Pakistan rupees. The Trade Policy
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